roundtable: H.R. 1555

roundtable: H.R. 1555

H.R. 1555

W. Curtiss Priest (BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu)
Wed, 26 Jul 95 13:33:06 EDT 

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Date:         Wed, 26 Jul 95 13:33:06 EDT
From: "W. Curtiss Priest" <BMSLIB@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject:      H.R. 1555
To: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable <ROUNDTABLE@CNI.ORG>


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Boston Globe, July 26th

House to vote on bill

The House Commerce Committee took a procedural step to ensure that the
full House will have time to vote on a controversial telecommunications
overhaul measure before its scheduled Aug. 4 recess.  After weeks
of closed-door negotiations involving competing telephone industries,
Commerce Committee leaders say that they have a deal that changes the
version that panel approved in May.  The bill aims to overhaul the 
nation's 61-year-old communications laws, allowing localphone, 
long-distance phone and cable companies to compete in each other's 
markets.  It would also ease many ownership restrictions for broadcast 
and other media properties.  The changes they made, committee sources 
said, will help regional Baby Bell companies compete more quickly with 
long-distance companies.  So sensitive is the issue that the committee 
has yet to put it in writing.  (Bloomberg)
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In other news Communications Daily had a long discussion
yesterday on the bill and USA Today reported yesterday that
the long distance carriers were launching an advertising blitz
to kill the bill in the article " ADS/ UNPLUG THE TELECOM OVERHAUL BILL"

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